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| Thread ID: 124931 | 2012-05-28 07:49:00 | Pleading poverty by parents getting tedious. | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1278043 | 2012-05-30 07:00:00 | Yawn yawn yawn. You all are repeating yourselfs again as there are plenty of previous posts about the same subject and the same people post the same posts they have posted previously. Yawn yawn yawn. :sleep:sleep:sleep Well you just had to add a few more ZZzz to it didn't you.:D:D |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 1278044 | 2012-05-30 07:15:00 | Too right. :lol: | Trev (427) | ||
| 1278045 | 2012-05-30 07:19:00 | You prove it. You have never had to go there and apply, you just come up with this fantasy. Plasma TVs. They'd immediately be investigating their accounts to see how they could afford relatives to stay, checking the relatives aren't also listed as beneficiaries, asking how much living costs these relatives would be contributing to the weeks costs, deducting all that off the benefit. They do not pay car registrations, they do not pay rates. They do not even pay power bills unless it's the final notice, they sure don't pay for TVs. They don't even pay for much - they might - note, might, loan you money for something, certainly not a TV. Why the hell should I prove anything, you prove your crazy wild claims before plastering them all over forums. All this friend of a friend ****. And yes Chill, they DO get bonuses. Looking back at what I posted, seems I got a few things wrong. Namely the story about the plasma TV. I was told about it but had no proof if it was correct or not. Guess I had better get all the story not just half the story. |
QW. (15883) | ||
| 1278046 | 2012-05-30 07:38:00 | I don't mention the ACC thing on my cv at all but at some point they will ask about the hole in my employment history and even then I downplay it. As to the IT thing looking at the end of the year when I guess we will probably have to move as there are no IT jobs in nelson that I'm aware of | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1278047 | 2012-05-30 10:13:00 | I guess it depends on different peoples views, but I don't see this situation, as you've described it, as bludging. There needs to be *some* support, sure. My problem with it, is it's too easily (and all-too-commonly) abused. I know at least 3 people receiving unemployment benefits who have turned down jobs in the last 6 months - and none were for genuine reasons, they just didn't feel like working when they can laze around getting free money. If I said we have been on the dole for 12 months I would get called a bludger as well, but unlike Gary our circumstances are somewhat differant although still caught in a catch 22 situation. Our situation is where we live and seasonal work and when we purchased our house 6 years ago we both had stable employment. Both of us had employment that kept us above that 30 hour thresehold that winz call fulltime employment. Only snag is the seasonality of of our work and the global meltdown in tourism started to affect our hours which until last year the 4 weeks holiday pay and lieu days kept us going through the quite spell of this month! Only last year we had to go another month because of the Rugby World Cup gave us a long quite spell. Only things this past summer did not pick up! The stability in consistant hours above the 30 hour threshold did not happen often so we stayed declaring income on some weeks not getting any top ups but still classed as unemployed. This week we had the 12 month review and that was a joke! One the quetions asked is "what prevents you from doing more than 30 hours per week", I really had to bite my tongue from saying finding an employer that will give more than 30 hours per week around here. Another question was do you find being unemployed more rewarding than working! To that again I bit my tongue from pointing out that for every dollar earned is a dollar less paid by the benefit but does not take into account of the $150 per week we spend on fuel to get to work for 5 days. Then came the question "Would you take on part time work"....duh thats effectively what we have been doing the last year. Of course now I have to apply for 6 jobs in the next two weeks to improve our situation knowing full well this time of year works is as scarce as hens teeth and any part-time work wont work in with the oyther part to full time work I have. Never mind that many of the legitimate jobs are being done by foriegn woofers on the open Holiday Work schemes that are given out with no thought to the impact of difficult employement areas! That said now I am in my early forties I have decided to join the defence force with a last ditch hope to improve things and get back on track and move out of the rut we have found ourselves stuck in. If not I have to just pray the economy improves and people start spending money again. |
coldfront (15814) | ||
| 1278048 | 2012-05-30 21:09:00 | Do the defence force take on older soldiers then? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1278049 | 2012-05-30 21:29:00 | Have you registered with Workbridge. They help people find jobs with disabilitys. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1278050 | 2012-05-30 21:43:00 | Do the defence force take on older soldiers then? Up to age 65 apparently! And there is where you think Defence Force you make the mistake to assume Solidier. Putting my application in under one of the trade skills all being well should be able to achieve more than what I have done in recent years with more stability. Not just frontline there are civilian roles as well which is what the missus is contemplating as well. Few years back a someone we know rejoined the Navy at 50 if you dig into the stats the average age of personell in the Defence Force and Fire Service is getting older. New Zealand does not have the luxury of age prejudice in many critical roles. |
coldfront (15814) | ||
| 1278051 | 2012-05-30 22:12:00 | There's more to the Defence Force / Army / Navy / Airforce / Police than just firing guns ;-) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1278052 | 2012-05-30 23:08:00 | tvnz.co.nz A dozen members of Pula Senio's family are packed into her three-bedroom Cannons Creek state home, with seven sleeping in the combined living and dining room. Three generations of the Tokelauan family live in the house, with a fourth generation due when Senio's son and daughter-in-law - Senio Senio and Danae Wiki - have a girl in three months' time... And they are blaming Housing NZ? |
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